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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1952
Page
2
A flood of Easter weekend visitors filled Clifton area homes. Friends and relatives from Dallas Fort Worth El Paso and several Texas towns gathered at Cranfills Gap Cranfills Gap area hosts included the Christenson family and extended kin, with numerous Olson Rohne and Mickelson relatives noted among the visitors.
County Judge A Hardwick releases the Bosque County results from April 5 1952 school trustee elections. Officials named include John W Hanna Sherril Reenan LM Brown J B Gilbreath Homer Whitney Buck Hensley Tom Phillips M B Baird Bill Ringer J A Al Greer Harold Sather Clarence Witte Gardner Scruggs Clyde Henry Carley Barker Bertha McNeece Roy Gordon Hi Whitley A N Pike Bryan Richards and Clarence M Colwick with precinct and district details for Clifton Valley Mills Walnut Springs Kopperl Mosheim Iredell Rock Springs and surrounding districts.
Coryell City and Clifton Eagles clashed as Coryell City dominated with 14 hits and two home runs. Taferkamp and Upmore fanned 18 Clifton batters while Clifton’s Lawton and Wot yielded the losses as Clifton’s league game was postponed until April 27.
Mee JF Parriwn Tet writes that Lt Parrish returns to Koran after word of his father’s death. Lillian Slay of Lubbock visits Clifton en route to Waco. Charles Westley and sons Hayden and David visit family in Clifton and Cranfills Gap. Mrs Herb Weis of Great Bend arrives to spend weeks with Marlowe Johnson. Harry Bradstreet, teacher in Sterling City, visits Clifton. Ruth Moore and Doris Moore, from North Texas State College and Fort Worth, visit Clifton. Ruth to graduate in May and Doris to pursue a Master’s at Columbia. Mr and Mrs Robert Baldridge Jr attend a Oklahoma City wedding. Baldridges travel with the Widgides from Hillsboro. Martin Baldridge to finish engineering degree in Oklahoma. couple to live in Dallas. Martin to work for Chanc e Vaught Co.
Gites Cemetery Association at Ellets instructs officers and lot owners at Clifton Cemetery to obtain permits before purchasing or erecting monuments, building curbs, walks, and making alterations. New officers named Ed Handley president and H J Baldridge Jr vice president. committee to secure larger water line and cooperate with Lutheran cemetery fire efforts. Delegates Ernest Johle and Reverend Otto Schule head to Texas Synod in New Orleans April 20 24. postmaster retirement in Valley Mills Tim Simms to be replaced by Lloyd E Taburn on April 30.
Local social notes detail visits and furloughs among residents. Mr and Mrs Price Stanford and Mr and Mrs Neill Terrell spent last Sunday in Turnersville with Stanton relatives. Ceil Maugham and son returned from two years in Japan, will visit Clifton relatives. Various locals including Ladlum, Adams, Enger family, Aulle family, and Lillie Williams are listed as visiting or hosting. Pfe Denson is home on furlough from San Marcos Air Base.
Fragmentary OCR text references state senate, generative, and court of civil appeals with judges in district. It notes announcements and legal proceedings, indicating an official political notices page style without clear names or dates.
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